[c-nsp] Routing recommendations

[nick.nauwelaerts at thomson.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Matthew Crocker
> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 21:08
> To: Cisco-nsp List
> Subject: [c-nsp] Routing recommendations
> 
> 
> I'm looking for a router with 3 GigE interfaces, capable of moving  
> 1gbps of traffic (64byte) and a full BGP table, with room to 
> grow.     
> This would be for a border router scenario,  1 GigE from my 
> upstream,  
> 1 GigE to my core switch and 1 GigE to interconnect two of these  
> routers.  Right now I have a GSR8 w/ GRP-B but that is overkill.   
> Redundant power/controllers would be nice but certainly not a  
> requirement.   Would I be able to get anything smaller than 7204/NPE- 
> G1,  Will anything in the 3800 series handle 1 gig of traffic?

And to complement the other responses. 3800's most likely won't cut it.
Our 3845 goes up to 45% cpu on a single 1gbit tcp stream. I'd hate to
think about what 64byte packets would do to it.

// nick